Twelve percent of U.S. children and teens had a diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2011, a number that has jumped by 43 percent since 2003, according to a large national study based on parental ...
Dec 8, 2015
0
34
The most crowded emergency departments in the U.S. have not adopted proven interventions to address crowding, a major public health concern.
Dec 7, 2015
0
0
Will U.S. medical students have trouble securing residency positions in the future as they have been warned by media and groups representing organized medicine? Not likely, according to a new analysis by researchers at the ...
Nov 4, 2015
0
12
Adolescent exposure to environmental pollutants known as organochlorines may lead to defective sperm, according to a study published today by researchers at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) ...
Nov 4, 2015
0
28
Women are not only at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) when compared to men; per capita, they also bear six times the cost of AD care that men do, reports a study published today in the journal Women's ...
Sep 9, 2015
0
15
The District of Columbia's needle exchange program prevented 120 new cases of HIV infection and saved an estimated $44 million over just a two-year period, according to a first-of-a-kind study published today by researchers ...
Sep 3, 2015
0
37
In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers at the George Washington University have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and fungi) in the throat and schizophrenia. This link may offer ...
Aug 25, 2015
0
88
A George Washington University researcher is challenging the prevailing wisdom that the U.S. is facing a major physician shortage.
Aug 6, 2015
0
69
Chicken, turkey and pork sold in grocery stores harbors disease-causing bacteria known as Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to a new study. The research, which was published online today in the journal Clinical Infectious ...
Jul 23, 2015
0
31
GW researcher and dermatologist, Adam Friedman, M.D., and colleagues, find that the release of nitric oxide over time may be a new way to treat and prevent acne through nanotechnology. This research, published in the Journal ...
Jul 15, 2015
0
9
